GARDAÍ had to take evasive action in their squad car to avoid a collision when a vehicle came around a bend on the wrong side of a road in Mountmellick. Later that night, 4 August 2022, they encountered the same car they had observed earlier.

A MAN who allegedly raped a woman in a cemetery car park has been sent forward for trial to the present sittings of the Central Criminal Court. The man, aged in his 20s, is charged with two counts of rape and one of sexual assault.

A PORTLAOISE man was given a two-month suspended sentence for damaging a taxi when he came before the local district court.

A USED condom and the smell of cannabis from a family car is alleged to have landed a man in court for allegedly breaking a domestic violence safety order. The man is accused of putting his wife in fear by shouting at her.

In connection with a report from Portlaoise District Court in our 18 March edition, titled ‘Woman charged with stealing €2 package of biscuits’, we wish to clarify that the correct address of defendant Mary Lou Nevin (28) is 21 Grove Park, ...

The Laois based professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter was charged with a motoring offence.

A man accused of stealing a bottle of wine and drinking it before leaving the shop had a bench warrant issued for him when he failed to show up in court.

A young mother was given an interim protection order from “the father of my children” because of his alleged campaign of harassment and threats.

A MOTORIST who lost concentration while driving and collided with a ready-mix lorry was summoned before Portlaoise District Court for careless driving.

A SCHOOL principal who briefly fell asleep while driving and crashed into a parked van on the hard shoulder of the M9 has been fined €400 at Carlow District Court.

 The court was told that the defendant had 19 previous convictions.

The man was found to be four times over the drug-driving limit.

A MAN who admitted poisoning his partner of 30 years appeared last week in Carlow Circuit Court after he told gardaí that he put Valium in her sandwich.

A MOTORIST was told that he was very lucky he didn’t kill himself or other people with the amount of alcohol that was in his system while he was driving through Portlaoise.

It is alleged that on the day in question, that the defendant and an unnamed accomplice were observed by gardaí moving eight boxes from a van to a shed

A MAN who allegedly performed a sexual act in front of a minor under the age of 17 and was allegedly found in possession of child pornography appeared at an ‘in camera’ sitting of Portlaoise District Court last week.

A BUS DRIVER whose Rottweiler is alleged to have attacked three other dogs came before Portlaoise District Court.

A LOCAL man claimed that he was stripped naked by gardaí while being searched in a cell at Portlaoise Garda Station following his arrest for engaging in disorderly conduct.

A 35-YEAR-OLD man who fled from gardaí while driving under disqualification received a suspended sentence at Carlow District Court.

The prosecuting garda said that the motorist was not wearing a top and was sweating profusely